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February 25, 2013 Episode 243: As They Tear Your Show Apart
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 2013 Academy Awards, focusing on Seth MacFarlane, the bi-modal tone of the Oscars, changes in the media industry, your tweets, and, oh yes, who won.
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Episode 243: As They Tear Your Show Apart originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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February 18, 2013 Episode 242: The Harlem Snake is Eating Its Own Harlem Tail
Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the Harlem Shake, the semiotics of the drop, and the production & meaning of electronic music and viral videos.
Apologies in advance to Phish fans.
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Episode 242: The Harlem Snake is Eating Its Own Harlem Tail originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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February 11, 2013Episode 241: I Don’t Think It’s Wind-Beneath-My-Wings Quality
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 55th Grammy Awards, speculate about the difference in overthinability between movies and movies, and take a stab at analyzing the candidates for one of the many Best Song awards given tonight.
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Further Reading
The Recording Academy
Prince presents Record of the Year
Episode 241: I Don’t Think It’s Wind-Beneath-My-Wings Quality originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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February 04, 2013 Episode 240: The Amateurs Will Be Out
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the ads from Super Bowl XLVII and Beyonce’s halftime show.
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Episode 240: The Amateurs Will Be Out originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 28, 2013 Episode 239: Edmund Burke, Mermaid Hunter
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, John Perich and Matthew Wrather gather in person mere minutes before the Overthinking It 5th Birthday Party to overthink their favorite pop culture from their fifth birthdays. Eventually, they fall into what they do whenever they get together: pitch one another ridiculous movie ideas.
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Episode 239: Edmund Burke, Mermaid Hunter originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 21, 2013 Episode 238: The Poor Man’s Liam Neeson
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Last Stand and talk about comebacks, the meaning of the film, the importance of the international box office, and which action stars have—and haven’t—aged gracefully.
And they remind you to come to the Overthinking It Fifth Birthday Party, Saturday, January 26, in New York City.
This episode of the Overthinking It Podcast is dedicated to the memory of TC Cheever. Read his OTI guest article, “Just Say No to Wonka“.
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Episode 238: The Poor Man’s Liam Neeson originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 14, 2013 Episode 237: Jack Bauer Got Pissy and Filled Out A Lot of Forms
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink Zero Dark Thirty, both the film and the controversy surrounding it.
And they invite you to the Overthinking It Fifth Birthday Party, Saturday, January 26, in New York City.
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Episode 237: Jack Bauer Got Pissy and Filled Out A Lot of Forms originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 07, 2013 Episode 236: Through Candyland Took Their Solitary Way
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, with emphasis on violence, authority, the Western, slavery, the film’s social purpose, and the importance of Paradise Lost.
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Episode 236: Through Candyland Took Their Solitary Way originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 31, 2012Episode 235: Eponine Can’t Ask Out Her Gay Boyfriend
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather wrap up the holiday’s Amazon Affiliate promotion, make a major announcement about the OTI 5th Anniversary Party in NYC on January 26, talk 48fps, consider the film adaptation of the Les Miserables musical, and read your pop culture New Year’s Resolutions. It’s a full episode.
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Further Reading
Until The End of Time, aGoku x Anne Frank fanfic
Episode 235: Eponine Can’t Ask Out Her Gay Boyfriend originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 24, 2012Episode 234: Schrödinger’s Instagram
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink Instagram, our compulsive digital documentation of our lives, the moral imperative of memory, and what all these mean for creativity and art.
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Further Reading
Saying Goodbye to Now by Thomas Beller
Episode 234: Schrödinger’s Instagram originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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